Vitamin A for Fetal Development
True vitamin A is a vitamin that occurs only in animal fats. In indigenous societies, pregnant women consumed special foods rich in vitamin A–such as liver, spring butter and fish eggs–in a conscious...
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The Right Price
Interpreting the Work of Dr. Weston A. Price “I am deeply interested not only in your health individually but in the efficiency and welfare of your families. It is particularly important in these times...
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Vitamin A On Trial: Does Vitamin A Cause Osteoporosis?
On the left is normal bone structure, and on the right is what would be described as osteoporosis. Table of Contents Introduction Vitamin A, Bone Mineral Density, and Hip Fracture: The Epidemiological...
View ArticleFrom Seafood to Sunshine: A New Understanding of Vitamin D Safety
Pictured above is cod livers, a rich source of vitamin D. Table of Contents Introduction Sidebar: Diseases Against Which Vitamin D is Proven to or Suggested to Protect Vitamin or Hormone? Sidebar:...
View ArticleVitamin D in the Infant: Requirements for Safety
Article Summary Infants should receive at least 400 IU of vitamin D per day from all sources to protect against overt vitamin D deficiency. Doses of 2,000 IU per day or more from all sources may...
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On the Trail of the Elusive X-Factor: A Sixty-Two-Year-Old Mystery Finally...
Contents Article Summary On the Trail of the Elusive X-Factor (Main Article) A Sixty-Year Mystery Vitamin K: Three Discoveries Converge Perfect Correspondence Synergy with Vitamins A and D Vitamin K2...
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Sacred Foods and Other Aphrodisiacs
Frisky enough to follow me to Chicago? Join The Naughty Nutritionist at Wise Traditions 2009 where I’ll be talking about “Sacred Foods for Fertility.” This topic might not sound like “Naughty...
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Update on Vitamins A and D
Pictured above are cod livers in a bowl. Vitamin D Experts Defend Cod Liver Oil In November of 2008, Dr. John Cannell of the Vitamin D Council published a commentary in the journal Annals of Otology,...
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Nutritional Adjuncts to the Fat-Soluble Vitamins
Summary Vitamins A, D, and K2 interact synergistically to support immune health, provide for adequate growth, support strong bones and teeth, and protect soft tissues from calcification. Magnesium is...
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Vitamin A: The Scarlet Nutrient
The Unfair Stigmatization of Vitamin A during Pregnancy If you take a prenatal vitamin, look on the label to see whether it contains vitamin A (some brands actually don’t contain any vitamin A), it...
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Sunlight and Vitamin D: They’re Not the Same Thing
ARTICLE SUMMARY • Sulfate synthesis in the skin captures the sun’s energy. Adequate sunlight exposure to both the skin and the eyes is vital to our long-term health. • Among other functions, sulfate...
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In Defense of Vitamin K2 MK-4: Dr. Price’s Activator X
The discovery of vitamin K was worthy of the prestigious Nobel Prize in medicine. In 1943 Carl Peter Henrik Dam, for his discovery of vitamin K, shared this honor with Edward A. Doisy, for his...
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Chapter 22 of Nutrition and Physical Degeneration on the Fat-Soluble Vitamins
A NEW VITAMIN-LIKE ACTIVATOR The seriousness of the dental caries problem in relation to both human progress and the dilemma of modern physical degeneration emphasizes the need of a bird’s-eye view of...
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